The Latest Breaking News from Cocaine

Matthews Manners and his trusted associate Benjamin Connor were caught after police infiltrated encrypted messages

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs globally over the past decade as “increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises”.

Peru’s anti-drugs commission says some 95,000 hectares (367 square miles) of land were used to grow coca leaves in 2022.

The ‘Tony Soprano’ of Australia’s cocaine trade has been killed in his car in an underground car park in Bondi Junction

Successful businessman James Welch, 46, of Swansea, played a 'significant role' in the drug ring along with Marianne McGuinness, 41, who allowed her flat in Cardiff to be used as a safehouse

Rhys Deguara, 33, was still in bed when police arrived at his home in Cardiff where he was found in possession of cocaine, cannabis, and thousands of pounds in cash

The government destroyed $600 million worth of drugs seized from illegal traffickers that included tons of amphetamines, heroin and cocaine, according to the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

A record 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2022. The city is now the main gateway into Europe for the drug, which largely comes from South America concealed in fruit shipments. Faced with this trafficking epidemic, Belgian authorities have recruited almost 100 extra…

A text message blunder has ended up with two men going to prison

Simon Richards was supplying cocaine to "like-minded friends"

Cheryl Jones' victim was left seriously injured. The 57-year-old driver said she believed the concoction of cocaine and amphetamines she had taken would have made her more alert